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Housing Applications — Assessments on Medical Grounds
Where housing applicants submit medical evidence supporting their requests for rehousing in
Corporation dwellings, their cases are considered by a senior medical officer of the Health Department
for medical assessment.
During 1967 requests were received for 647 cases to be investigated, and recommendations were
made upon medical priorities. This number represented a slightly decreased rate of approximately 7%
below the number of 695 requests in 1966. Most of the recommendations continued to be made on the
basis of the medical evidence submitted, and the information regarding the existing accommodation on
the Housing Department files. Only in special circumstances was a visit made to the house.
There was a small increase in the number of requests for visits to Council tenants requiring
transfer on medical grounds. Twenty-seven of these were visited compared with 6 in 1966.

*These figures include second investigations carried out during year.
150 cases were visited before assessment, and re-visits made in 32 cases.

During the year 25 of the "special medical" cases were allocated for rehousing.
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